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Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! (684)

Castelia Gym Battle - Pure-Hearted Bug Battle!

After the incident with Team Plasma in the Desert Resort, Ash & Co. have returned to Castelia City and it's time for Ash's third gym match in Unova. Against Burgh's Bug Pokémon, Ash faces a significant challenge. Will he be able to take out Burgh's Bug Pokémon and earn his badge?

- Micro preview for Ep 23 aired accidentally about 3 minutes before airing.
- Burgh's in another tree.
- Ash asks for the Gym Battle.
- Cilan is amazed by the trees in doors.
- Battle floor opens up. The gym battle begins.
- Dwebble comes out!
- Ash wonders who Ash'll send out. It's Tepig.
- Dwebble uses a couple of attacks including Scissor cross (feed is sloooow), Tepig uses Flame Charge, Dwebble uses Rock Wrecker and wins.
- Cilan wonders if he'll send out Pikachu (Iron Tail) or Oshawott to deal with the rock type - but it's Sewaddle. 'Bug against Bug'
- All I can hear is String Shot Protect and Scissor Cross. Lol.
- Sewaddle wins.
- Whirlipede comes out.
- Cilan and Iris discuss the types Ash would need to win and why Sewaddle's doomed.
- Hard Roller is fracking scary.
- Sewaddle's not out yet.
- Whirlipede uses Aurora Beam??
- Sewaddle evolves!!!!
- Ash is excited about the evolution. Burgh likes Swadloon, one of his favorite Pokemon.
- Swadloon knows Energy Ball?
- And Whirlipede is down for the count.
- Leavanny is out.
- TR appears. Giovanni's location is unknown. It seems that TR has disbanded! The secretary says they are free to do as they wish!!!!!!!!
- They decide they wanna keep going as they always have. Or so it would seem. Welcome back TR motto!
- White clothes have returned. They're going to find Giovanni.
- James has Yamask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, no he doesn't, he just asked if it wanted to join them and then captured it then!
- Energy Ball spam from Ash. More string shot from Leavanny.
- Leavanny wins.
- Oshawott wants to battle. Pikachu is chosen instead. Oshawott is not happy.
- 'My Pikachu is different from other Pikachu!' (Me: Yeah, it eats paste... hehehe)
- Pikachu is trapped by String Shot, faces a Leaf Storm.
- Burgh asks Ash if he wants to quit. Ash does not. More Leaf Storm.
- Pikachu gets out of the String Shot. Iron Tail time.
- Electro Ball.
- And Leavanny is down for the count. Ash wins the badge!
- 3 down, 5 to go.
- Burgh praises Ash, wishes him luck for the rest of the Gyms. And the end, just preview left now.

TR appearance. Guess they survived the previous episodes.
They're back in their old costumes! Oh gawd, does this mean 13 more years with attempts to capture Pikachu each episode..?
AND JAMES CAPTURES A RANDOM YAMASK BY FEEDING IT FOOD?! Eh, at least he finally caught something that doesn't bite/hug him all the time.